Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has shown he can influence games with his substitutions by bringing on Diogo Jota to score a dramatic late winner against Tottenham this afternoon.
The Reds were almost set for an embarrassing 3-3 draw as Tottenham fought back from 3-0 down, only for Jota to latch onto a late defensive error by the visitors to make it 4-3 in a dramatic contest at Anfield.
Jota’s strike means that Klopp has now introduced a substitute who went on to score a 90th minute winner on six occasions in his time coaching in the Premier League, up there at the top with only Jose Mourinho, according to Opta…
6 – Diogo Jota’s goal was the sixth time Jürgen Klopp has brought on a substitute who scored a 90th-minute winner in a Premier League game – no manager has done so more in the history of the competition (José Mourinho also 6). Super. pic.twitter.com/N3lsKevhGb
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 30, 2023
That’s what you want from your manager – someone who knows the right moment to introduce a matchwinner and grab a hard-fought result just when it looks like a game is about to slip away.
Klopp is undoubtedly one of the finest to manage in English football in recent history, and in fairness Jota isn’t a bad option to have on the bench either.
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